Black Phoenix man accused of stabbing (white) roommate to death A Phoenix man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his roommate to death. Police said 23-year-old Mykel Cantrel Cooper has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Steven Horkovy. Officers found Horkovy's body Wednesday morning in the apartment he shared with Cooper, which is near 19th and Northern avenues. Investigators believe he was stabbed sometime Tuesday. Police said they were contacted by behavioral health workers after Cooper claimed he had done something bad to his roommate. Cooper had just been transported to the facility by officers after allegedly refusing to pay his bill at a restaurant. - (Black-on-white)

Armed Millville man killed by Bridgeton police spent 13 years in prison for previous police shooting, report saysJerame C. Reid, the man who was shot and killed by Bridgeton City Police on Tuesday night, previously served 13 years in prison on attempted murder and other charges for shooting at New Jersey State Troopers when he was a teenager, according to the Press of Atlantic City. Reid, 36, of Millville was killed Tuesday after the car he was riding in was stopped by police at South Avenue and Henry Street. Reid, the passenger, was shot after a handgun was "revealed" during the traffic stop, the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office said. Both police officers, Braheme Days and Roger Worley, fired their weapons, investigators said.

PD Releases ID Of Armed Robbery Suspect Killed In ShootoutMIAMI – The Miami Police Department has released the name of the armed robbery suspect killed by Miramar Police officers who were forced to shoot after a neighborhood gun fight on New Years Eve. Investigators say 28-year-old Eric Tyrone Forbes was killed after he shot at the officers as he tried to make his getaway. Police spokeswoman Tania Rues said that Miramar officers had gone to a Miramar home to check on a “be on the look out for” (BOLO) for a suspect who was wanted for an armed robbery of a Western Union business in Miami-Dade on Wednesday. Rues said while officers were at the home, Eric Tyrone Forbes and his alleged accomplice, 28-year-old Stacy Williams – arrived and they took off. Officers pursued them into a Miami neighborhood near NW67th Street and 6th Ave where they ditched the car, took off on foot and Forbes fired at officers. The cops returned fire and Forbes was shot and killed.

Man accused of impregnating 12-year-old girl arrested JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Walter Lewis Johnson was arrested for allegedly impregnating a 12-year-old girl. A 12-year-old girl told police that she was pregnant and that a 60-year-old man impregnated her. A medical test performed New Year's Eve confirmed that the girl is pregnant. The girl told police the man performed several different types of sex on her.

Police searching for man wanted for sexual batteryGAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Gainesville Police Department is looking for a man who is wanted for sexual battery. Investigators say 32-year-old Tjamal Peterson argued with the victim and left her home, but then returned and climbed in through a window while she was asleep. The woman told police she woke up with Peterson on top of her, choking her. She said when she tried to fight back, he put his knee on her neck and sexually battered her, then fled the scene. Police have a warrant out for his arrest and describe him as dangerous.

Black man with Negro name busted for threatening to ‘kill police’
A man was busted for phoning in threats to the NYPD, saying he was “dying to kill police,” cops said Friday. Rayshawn Dixon, 28, was charged with making terrorist threats on Tuesday morning after sources said he called 911 shortly before 5 a.m. “He told 911 operators he had a gun and if the police showed up, he was gonna use it,” the source said of Dixon’s arrest.

‘Drunk’ street sweeper who wanted candy arrested after chaseA blind-drunk Brooklyn street sweeper with an insatiable sweet tooth took his broom-mobile out to get candy — and ended up 40 miles away on a Long Island highway in a low-speed chase with cops, sources said on Friday. Jerry Mitchell, 48, who has no driver’s license, was cleaning the Gateway Center Mall while double the legal alcohol limit at around 8 p.m. on Thursday, police said.

Man Arrested For Robbing Stores Inside Monroeville MallMONROEVILLE — A Plum man is facing multiple robbery charges after police say he tried to target several stores inside the Monroeville Mall. Monroeville Police say 21-year-old Demetryaiss Holyfield was arrested a short time after the robberies Thursday.

Attack on interracial couple in Pasadena by black male being investigated as hate crimePolice are seeking a man in connection with an unprovoked attack on an interracial couple outside a Pasadena coffee shop, which authorities are investigating as a hate crime, officials said. A 29-year-old black woman and a 36-year-old man of Armenian descent, both Glendale residents, were outside a Starbucks about 7 p.m. when the attacker confronted them. “Without provocation, he made reference to the race of both victims,” Luna said. “The suspect spat on the female victim and punched the male victim.” The suspect apparently objected to the fact the man and woman were of different races. “Based on the fact that race was the provocation, we’re investigating it as a hate crime,” he said. Police described the suspect as a black man in his 20s, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and 190 pounds, with his hair in dreadlocks. - (Hatecrimes)

Illegal alien charged with immigration violationsAlfredo Hernandez-Sanchez was charged Dec. 17 in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury. The indictment alleges that Hernandez-Sanchez, a Mexican citizen who was previously arrested and deported from the U.S. in April 2011, re-entered the country unlawfully

Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs Are Officially DivorcedIdina Menzel
was the voice of Elsa the Snow Queen in the 2013 Disney film Frozen. Menzel's family is Jewish. When Menzel was 15 years old, her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer. Menzel married actor Taye Diggs on January 11, 2003. They met in 1995 during the original production of Rent, in which Diggs portrayed the role of Benjamin Coffin III, the landlord. They have a son, Walker Nathaniel Diggs, born on September 2, 2009.

WHO ‘probing’ whether ISIS fighters got Ebola
Al-Sabah, an Iraqi pro-government newspaper, reported this week that the fighters were being treated for Ebola, while some of their comrades have come down with HIV brought by foreign extremists “coming from many countries, particularly those in Africa.”

Cheyanne Willis: Woman's attackers put video on Facebook Ex-boyfriend set her up, she saysFOREST PARK, Ohio – Cheyanne Willis says she was beaten up, threatened and humiliated by her ex-boyfriend and several women while others took video on their cellphones and later posted it on Facebook. The 19-year-old said her attackers slapped her, cut her hair, wrote "I got my --- whooped" on her forehead in eyeliner and even signed their names. The video is disturbing, pierced by Willis' pleas and cries, muffled by others' angry shouts. Now Willis says she is in constant fear and she is frustrated because she filed a police report but her attackers are still out there bragging about it. "I wanted to just die. I really wish they would have killed me. I don't want to be here no more, honestly," she said. Willis says her then-boyfriend set her up for the attack by driving her to a mall parking lot about 5:20 p.m. on Christmas Eve, where she was ambushed. She said she knows a couple of the women who joined or recorded the attack. Afterward, a store owner saw her, let her in and called police. An officer took her to a hospital. The next day, police charged Quincy Gardner, 20, and Cheyenne Fisher, 21, with robbery, according to the police report. Willis said they took her purse with $50 and her cellphone and ripped up her driver's license. She said they threatened to kill her if she called police. - (Black-on-white)

Police search for four black 'gay' low-down sex fiends accused of kidnapping, homosexually assaulting man in SED.C. Police are still on the hunt for four men accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting another man in southeast. The victim was grabbed near a popular shopping center on New Year's Eve. Investigators believe four black men in a beige or egg shell colored minivan stopped, grabbed a man, forced him into a car at gun point, and sexually assaulted him in the early hours of New Year's morning. Police say the man was abducted while walking near a shopping area in near Alabama Avenue. One suspect used a gun to force the victim in the van. Police say the men drove the victim to an unknown location where two of the suspects sexually assaulted the man.

Man charged in home invasion, rape of woman in her 60s GRANDVIEW, MO - A Kansas City man has been charged in the Dec. 29 rape of a 67-year-old woman inside her home. Peter H. Hudson, 34, faces charges of first-degree rape, first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery. "It's horrible, it's horrible. Terrifying," said a woman who asked not to be identified. Friends and neighbors at the retirement community say they are too afraid to be identified after the horrifying incident. The victim, who lived in a retirement community reported to police that about 1 a.m. Monday she heard a noise at her door and saw a shadowy figure outside the window just before her door was kicked in. The attacker grabbed her around the waist, covered her mouth and took her phone before raping her, forcing her to shower and then tying her up in a closet with the cords of a heating pad and vacuum. The alleged rapist then went through her belongings and stole her vehicle.

Black man charged with multiple child sex crimesRAEFORD, N.C. - A Raeford man was arrested Friday and charged with multiple child sex crimes. Roy Samuel McNeill, 65, of Raeford, was arrested early Friday morning and charged with statutory rape of a person 13, 14 or 15 years old, sexual act by substitute parent, indecent liberties with a child and felony child abuse – sex act. Investigators responded to Moore County Regional Hospital on Thursday in reference to a female juvenile who had been sexually assaulted in Hoke County. The girl told authorities that she had been raped on numerous occasions over the past month by McNeill.

Suspect charged in Spring Garden parking garage rapeSPRING GARDEN -- The man accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a woman on New Year's Day in a Philadelphia parking garage has been formally charged. 32-year old Steven Woodson of Pittsburgh is charged with rape, robbery and attempted murder. It happened before 11:00 a.m. Thursday inside a garage at 17th and Callowhill Streets in Spring Garden. Authorities say Woodson followed the 33-year-old victim into the garage and started to rob her. He then forced her to undress and sexually assaulted her. A man driving into the garage saw what was happening, got out of his car and chased the suspect.

Memphis man suspected of raping 3 women arrested in MassachusettsMEMPHIS, TN - A man wanted in Memphis, suspected of raping and robbing at least three women, was found and arrested in New Bedford, Massachusetts. New Bedford officers responded to Market Ministries Shelter for an unrelated matter. When Dontel Morgan saw police, he reportedly ran out a door at the back of the building and over a fence. The shelter manager found his name for police, who then learned Morgan was wanted in Memphis. He had warrants for two counts of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, two counts of sexual battery, three counts of kidnapping, and three counts of possession of a deadly weapon with the intent to commit a crime.
Morgan is suspected of raping and robbing at least three women from Memphis apartment complexes.

Louisville police arrest tattoed black 'counter coulture' (alleged) serial rapistLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police say they arrested a serial rapist on Dec. 31. Antwan Tinker is accused of raping four women. Police say the first rape took place on Nov. 1 and the last occurred on Dec. 30. The victims are women of all different ages and races but police say the common denominator in the cases was a shared counter culture. Tinker would start a conversation with the women. Police say through interviews the initial contact didn't seem criminal and they would get into his vehicle willingly. He then drove to a different location where the victims were raped. Police say Tinker also has a hefty criminal record ranging from public intoxication to felony crimes.

Baton Rouge-area crime: Woman accused of raping 12-year-old boyAuthorities on Tuesday arrested a Baton Rouge woman accused of raping a 12-year-old boy repeatedly over the course of last year. The victim’s mother contacted law enforcement after she found on her son’s phone inappropriate text messages with 18-year-old Teryiyanne Pierre, according to an arrest report. The victim told investigators he was in a relationship with Pierre, East Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputies said. Pierre, 2815 Canonicus St., Apartment B, was booked Tuesday into Parish Prison on counts of sex crimes, included aggravated rape.

Man brutally assaulted in NYC deli by two blacksA man was brutally assaulted by two men in The Bronx, and cops have released dramatic video of the beatdown. Police say the video captured the Nov. 27 assault inside a deli at 285 E. 165th St. The video shows two men arguing in front of the register, and quickly cuts to one of the men taking punches from two thugs as they stomped on the downed victim. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for his injuries and released. Police describe one of the suspects as 6 feet tall and last seen wearing a blue baseball hat, a blue shirt and gray jeans.

Witness who filmed (black) Delray melee describes chaotic scene A witness to a melee that broke out in Delray Beach on Saturday said the situation became heated when police officers approached a birthday party at a house in the Southwest neighborhood. It lead to a 50-plus person melee that included a group of people forming a human shield to keep officers from a man who police wanted to detain. Two officers wearing uniforms got out of the car, walked onto the lawn and accused the partygoers of smoking marijuana. The officers were afraid of what could happen in the situation and called for backup. There were four officers and an estimated group of 70 people involved by the end of the scuffle.

Woman accused of poisoning dog seen dying in video posted to FacebookOLEAN, N.Y. - In a disturbing video posted online, a pit bull mix can be seen suffering as it slowly dies from being poisoned. Police now say they have caught the woman responsible. A video posted on Facebook shows a man holding down 5-year-old Kita as she thrashes violently beneath him. The dog undergoes convulsions and howls out in pain. The man says Kita was poisoned by a woman who wanted to get back at him. He says the woman is his wife, who he is filing for divorce from. Buffalo Police were contacted by several concerned citizens, but the incident took place in Olean. Police there arrested Gertrude McQuiller on New Year’s Eve. Officers say on December 23, she intentionally fed Kita Xanax pills by putting them in the dog’s food dish.

Woman Accused Of Beating Child, Killing One-Month-Old PuppyMIAMI – The boyfriend of a Miami mother who is accused of beating her 8-year-old son on several occasions and killing their one-month-old English bulldog puppy in front of him is speaking out, saying she has a history of problems because of her temper. He said he can not believe that she took the like of the puppy. “That’s like a human being. You don’t do that to a little animal. It’s just a puppy,” said the boyfriend. “What kind of person are you?” He provided some chilling and disturbing details about what happened inside his home at 360 N.W. 58th Ave. “I feel horrible about this. I feel horrible,” he said. “I am a single father.” He said he called Miami Police to their home on Tuesday when his girlfriend, 26-year-old Charlotte Wonjah, attacked him and his 14-year-old daughter.

Paraplegic suspect in robbery arrested after ‘insulting’ homeless manThis guy’s big mouth is his real handicap. A Bronx paraplegic who was allegedly acting as the getaway driver during a deadly East Harlem stickup would have made a clean escape — if only he hadn’t mouthed off to a homeless man looking for change, law enforcement sources told The Post. Wayne Stewart, a reputed gang leader who lost one leg and can’t use the other, was allegedly waiting for his accomplices in a handicapped-equipped rental car when he chastised the beggar for claiming to be disabled. Stewart, lost the use of his legs 12 years ago in a shootout with cops. Meanwhile, Stewart’s pals were allegedly demanding money from a crew of Harlem pimps trying to sell a 16-year-old girl for sex.

Mother’s (black) boyfriend charged with murder after infant diesNEWTON, N.C. — Police in Newton have charged a man with murder after he was accused of causing “horrific trauma” to his girlfriend’s 7-month-old son which ultimately led to the infant’s death. Officers said they responded to 711-E Sandalwood Court on Wednesday. When they arrived they were told the boy was found not breathing by his mother’s boyfriend, Tyler Linebarger. The child was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Officers and social service workers went to the hospital and learned that an examination of the boy revealed recent and past injuries that were severe in nature. Police said the child was transported to Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte for treatment and was immediately taken for surgery upon arrival. The child later died from the injuries.

Salem Mother Pleads Guilty To Slashing Children’s ThroatsSALEM, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman charged with slashing her children’s throats and setting fire to their apartment pleaded guilty. Tanicia Goodwin, of Salem, appeared in Salem Superior Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to seven charges, including two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and arson. A judge sentenced Goodwin to a prison sentence of 20 to 25 years. Authorities allege Goodwin slashed 8-year-old Jamaal and 3-year-old Erica inside their apartment in March 2012 then set it on fire.

Hispanic maniac beheads his mother A Florida man, 23, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after his brother called 911 to report the beheading of their mother, police said. Police responding to the home found the headless body of Maria Suarez-Cassagne outside, The Associated Press reported. Christian Jose Gomez was arrested; his brother, Mario Gomez, had placed the call to 911, AP said.

Elderly woman bludgeoned to death by naked tattoed psycho Hispanic grandson: policeAn 87-year-old woman was found bludgeoned to death in her Bronx home after her emotionally disturbed grandson’s 90-minute standoff with cops ended Thursday morning. Eric Perez’s meltdown began at 7:20 a.m., when witnesses said he walked naked onto to the second-floor balcony of the Hollywood Avenue home in Throggs Neck, and began ranting about the apocalypse, and raining debris on responding police. “He was saying something about an epiphany and an apocalypse,” said a neighbor Joanne Santos. “He was just tossing whatever he could get his hands on.” Cops in SWAT gear convinced him to open the door after about 90 minutes, but were greeted by the grim discovery of Alice Durso’s body, on the floor with blunt trauma to the head. “You could hear him screaming (profanity) at the cops.”

Hispanic Staten Island felon awaiting sentencing on sex crimes found hanged in cellSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Stapleton man who had recently pleaded guilty to a sex-related charge involving his girlfriend's teenage daughter was found hanged in his cell at Rikers Island on New Year's Day. Corrections officers discovered Fabian Cruz, 35, around 5 p.m., a source with knowledge of the matter said. His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide. Cruz, who was already serving 2 1/2 to five years for aggravated criminal contempt and burglary convictions, had pleaded guilty in December to a felony count of attempted first-degree criminal sexual act.

Black arrested for grisly murders of two White women in NW Atlanta ATLANTA - A man is under arrest, charged with two especially grisly murders. Ardentric Johnson is accused of strangling Heather Renea Camp and Nicole Sartell and leaving their bodies to rot inside his home on Madrona Street in northwest Atlanta. The two women were found dead on Dec. 19. Camp's body was on the floor, under a sheet. Sartell's badly decomposed body was found in a closet in the same room. Sartell had been reported missing earlier this year. Investigators said Johnson's home had no running water or electricity. Police recently arrested Johnson for a probation violation and later accused him murdering the two women When they found more evidence. Johnson was already in jail with multiple charges of probation violation in cases of false imprisonment, family violence battery, theft and possession of cocaine. - (Black-on-white)

Murder suspect, victims crossed paths at abandoned NW Atlanta house
The two women found dead in an abandoned northwest Atlanta house were strangled months apart, according to homicide Capt. Paul Guerrucci. So far it’s the house that links the two women, whose decomposing bodies were found Dec. 19, and their suspected killer, Ardentric Johnson, a 36-year-old with a lengthy record, he said Wednesday.

(Black) killer again facing death penalty for 1990 murder of White police officerAlbert Holland, who was tried, convicted and sentenced to death — twice — for the 1990 murder of a Broward County police officer, is once again facing the ultimate punishment. Holland, 56, was gearing up for a third trial for the fatal shooting of Pompano Beach Police Officer Scott Winters after a federal judge ruled two years ago that a Broward judge violated Holland's right to act as his own lawyer during his second trial. On Monday, a federal appeals court rejected the lower court's decision and reinstated Holland's conviction and death sentence. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Holland's long history of mental illness meant that the trial judge was correct in turning down Holland's request to represent himself in court. - (Black-on-white)

White mother with black boyfriend charged in suspicious death of her 3-year-old mixed-race childNEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. —Authorities in Newberry County are investigating the death of 3-year-old Gabriel McArdle. According to Newberry County Coroner Craig Newton, Gabriel was pronounced dead early Tuesday morning at Newberry Memorial Hospital. The death was deemed as suspicious in nature by the Newberry County Coroner's Office and the Newberry City Police. Newton requested a full body scan on Gabriel from the emergency room physician who treated him and found what Newton termed as “disturbing traits.” Newton said the cause of death was respiratory depression caused by subdural hemorrhage due to blunt-force trauma to the head. An autopsy performed early Tuesday morning revealed information consistent with child abuse, according to Newton. Both agencies have begun an aggressive joint investigation. Theia Darion McArdle, the 21-year-old mother of the child, and her 27-year-old boyfriend, Richard Frank Vermon Bowman, have been charged with homicide by child abuse. Newberry Police said Theia McArdle was advertised as a female escort and someone in Newberry had requested her company.

Documentary reopens old wounds from Jim Crow-era killingLIVE OAK, Fla. -- On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked through the "colored entrance" of a doctor's office in the small north Florida town of Live Oak and fatally shot a white doctor, state Sen.-elect Clifford Leroy Adams. Prosecutors told the all-white, all-male jury that McCollum shot the doctor after an argument over a $116 bill. Yet she was the wife of a prominent businessman who ran a gambling outfit, and she was carrying around $1,800 in her purse on the day she shot him. McCollum was found guilty and sentenced to death at her first trial but later avoided execution by winning an insanity plea. She was eventually moved to a state mental hospital, and then freed in 1974 after the state's high court found her legally insane. She died in 1992.. - (Black-on-white)

Hamtramck Black Charged In Connection With Sexual Assault Of 10-Year-Old ChildTROY – A Hamtramck man has been bound over to circuit court on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old. Aaron Massey is accused of molesting the child over a period of two years while he was an employee at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Troy. The club released a statement saying that they are cooperating fully with law enforcement. The club has already fired Massey. The 34-year-old has been charged with three counts of 2nd degree criminal sexual conduct.

(Black) Ravens Security Director Charged With Sex OffenseBALTIMORE – Darren Sanders, head of Ravens security, finds himself at the center of a sex offense allegation. The victim is a female employee at the stadium and says while she was directing the head of security to an elevator, he began hitting on her and then touching her inappropriately. When Head Coach John Harbough takes the field after a game, few people are paying close attention to the man always walking a few steps behind him. The 48-year-old former Baltimore City police officer has been charged with a fourth-degree sex offense. An employee filed a complaint with Baltimore City police alleging while she escorted Sanders in part of the building, he “groped her buttocks more than once,” he “pressed his body against her’s” even “kissed her neck” and then “attempted to force her to grab” his privates.

Ulysses Grant and Theodore Roosevelt busted in Philly: Two men with names of dead presidents arrested Two suspects with illustrious names have fallen foul of the law in Philadelphia, according to police. Ulysses Grant, 28, and Theodore Roosevelt Gaines, 49, who share their names with the 18th and 26th presidents of the United States respectively, were busted this month on separate drugs and theft charges. Grant was charged with possession with intent to deliver narcotics following his arrest on December 10. In a separate incident on Sunday, Theodore Roosevelt Gaines, 49, was caught stealing from a grocery store.

"Poopgangsta" Being Sought For Christmas Eve Shooting At Ohio NightclubPolice are searching for “poopgangsta” in connection with the Christmas Eve shooting of a victim inside an Ohio nightclub. Tyrice Bowens is wanted for the attempted murder of a patron at the Blueprint Lounge. The victim was shot once in the leg and stomach. The 26-year-old Bowens uses the handle “poopgangsta” on Twitter, where his 475 followers are treated to refelections such as, “So my nigga out rhe bag young just spent $200 own drank I love my niggas no homo.”

Man shoots at 2 San Francisco Bay Area officers
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Police are searching for a man who fired shots at two San Francisco Bay Area officers. The South San Francisco police officers returned fire about 3 a.m. Thursday in a neighborhood. The officers weren't injured.

2 Boston cops ‘banged up’ after melee * Black Haitian immigrant brothers arraigned One Boston police officer took an elbow to the throat that left his vocal cords bleeding and a second officer, punched in the face, will require further treatment for her head and hand after an effort to serve a warrant turned into a brawl with a Dorchester family, police and prosecutors said. Police Commissioner William B. Evans said his officers were “pretty banged up” and will be out of work for “some time” because of injuries received trying to arrest Woobenson Morisset, 19, on Monday. “It stresses the dangers of our job every day, going into situations that we never know what can happen,” Evans said. Cops say Morisset resisted, began fighting and was joined by relatives who poured out of two apartments and joined the fracas. “From there on it’s essentially a melee. The officers were punched, kicked and choked. It was seven on two,” assistant Suffolk District Attorney Dana Pierce told Roxbury District Court Judge Ernest L. Sarason of the chaos in the narrow stairwell Monday morning at an apartment complex at 6 Wayne St. Woobenson and his brother, Lorcen Morisset, 18, a high school junior, pleaded not guilty yesterday to assaulting police officers. Lorcen Morisset was released on personal recognizance and given a 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and placed on a GPS.

Tattoed black man walks into NOPD headquarters Monday, turns himself in for 'murder, rape and robbery'A man accused by his girlfriend of raping her at gunpoint in 2008 walked into New Orleans Police headquarters Monday morning (Dec. 29) to turn himself in for "murder, rape and robbery," court records show. Jerwlyn Powell, 31, was booked the same day on charges of aggravated rape, aggravated assault and attempted second-degree kidnapping, court records show. An Orleans Parish court magistrate commissioner did not find probable cause for the kidnapping charge, records show. Police are investigating whether Powell is responsible for any additional crimes.

(Black) Uber Driver Charged With Raping PassengerCHICAGO – An Uber driver has been charged with raping a woman in his car last month, and has been fired from his job with the popular ride-sharing service. Maxime Fohounhedo, 30, has been charged with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of criminal sexual abuse, police said. Prosecutors said Fohounhedo picked up a 22-year-old woman around 3 a.m. when she arranged for a ride with Uber after a night of partying in the city. Fohounhedo allegedly asked the young woman to ride in the front of his car, claiming he was unfamiliar with the area. She did, and Fohounhedo allegedly began sexually assaulting the woman, and she blacked out. When she woke up, she found him on top of her.

Fohounhedo has been in the U.S. for three years
Fohounhedo, from West Africa, has no criminal background in Cook County. His bond is at $500,000. If he posts 10 percent and gets out of jail, he has to turn over his passport and stay away from any ride-sharing service.

DNA linked suspect to St. Roch rape of 7-year-old at gunpoint, NOPD saysDNA evidence linked a man to the rape of a 7-year-old girl at gunpoint that left her with a sexually transmitted disease, New Orleans police said in an arrest warrant. Police say Andrew Hunter Jr., 23, entered the girl's St. Roch home armed with a gun around 5:45 a.m. on Oct. 17 and woke her up. He told her to go to the back of the house and lock the door. She complied. There he used clothing to tie her hands behind her back, put a scarf in her mouth and raped her, Detective Jounay Ross wrote in an arrest warrant. Hunter then put his gun to the victim's head while telling her to go to sleep and count to 50, police wrote.

Richmond man charged with rapeRICHMOND, Ky. - A Richmond man is accused of beating and raping a woman over the weekend. Richmond police have charged Thomas Simmons, 48, with first-degree rape. According to the Richmond Register, early Sunday morning, a woman told police that she was walking along East Main Street when Simmons approached her and started a conversation. The woman told police Simmons grabbed her, punched her in the face and then forced her over to the back of a nearby apartment complex on South Fairview Street where she was raped. The apartment complex is near a YMCA in Richmond.

Man tied to 2012 downtown Sandusky rapeA Sandusky man has been indicted for the alleged 2012 rape of a stranger who was trying to help him at the time. Eric Gamble, 48, of the 2100 block of W. Forest Drive, is now behind bars at the Erie County jail on one charge of first-degree rape. Back in August of 2012, a Sandusky woman was walking near the former Club X property on West Water Street when she ran into a man who seemed drunk, Sandusky police Detective Ken Nixon said. The man — who has now been identified as Gamble — asked her to come along with him to his relative's downtown residence. The woman, who has some developmental disabilities, then walked Gamble to the home.
But inside, Gamble allegedly forced himself on her.

Black female false-rape accuser Mangum appeals murder conviction in boyfriend's stabbing death Durham, N.C. — Crystal Mangum, most widely known as the woman who falsely accused three (White) Duke University lacrosse players of rape, is appealing her conviction of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. Mangum claims the April 2011 stabbing of her boyfriend, 46-year-old Reginald Daye, was a case of self-defense, saying Daye was beating her in a jealous rage when she grabbed a knife and "poked him in the side." Daye died 10 days later of complications at Duke University Hospital. A seven-man, five-woman jury found Mangum, 34, guilty of second-degree murder on Nov. 22, 2013. Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway sentenced her to nearly 18 years in prison.

Hispanic rape suspect arrested more than year after incident in Columbus More than a year after he was accused of rape and other charges, the ex-boyfriend of a Columbus woman was taken into custody on Christmas Day to face a series of charges. Victor L. Fuentes, 39, faces one count of rape, aggravated assault, burglary first degree, criminal damage to property second degree, simple battery, cruelty to children second degree and three counts of cruelty to children third degree in connection with the September 2013 alleged assault. The suspect entered the home through an east side window and engaged in an altercation with the woman’s current boyfriend.

(White) Pastor shoots and wounds (non-white) armed employee in Orlando church gunfight A Florida pastor shot and wounded an employee in a gunfight after he told the man he was being fired. Terry L. Howell, 61, was trying to fire Benjamin Parangan Jr., 47, Tuesday morning when the angered maintenance worker opened fire on the pastor. Parangan, who had worked for the Living Water Fellowship church in Kissimmee for 9 years, is in stable condition at Osceola Regional Medical Center facing a charge of aggravated assault with intent to kill as well as other pending charges. Howell was meeting with Parangan to fire him when Parangan pulled out a handgun and fired at the pastor several times and missed. Howell reacted in self-defense when he pulled out his own pistol and fired back, wounding the man. (filipino?)

Cops Kill Crazy Man Who Made Online Threats Against Them (Updated)
Police in Pennsylvania killed a man Tuesday after he made threats against them on Youtube, highlighting two weeks of nationwide arrests against citizens accused of making online threats against cops. According to Upper Darby police, Joseph Anthony Pacini had tried to run them over after they visited him in his home. Fearing for their lives, they opened fire, killing the 52-year-old man. Besides spending time in prison, he mentions that he had spent time in an “insane asylum.”

Police suspect domestic violence in Canada shooting rampage of a Vietnamese familyCyndi Duong, 37, was found fatally shot in a home in south Edmonton on Monday, while two men and three women between the ages of 25 and 50, and a girl and a boy — both under the age of 10 — were found dead a few hours later at a home in the northeast. The suspect was found dead by his own hand in a restaurant in the Edmonton bedroom community of Fort Saskatchewan. David Luu, 41, is listed as a co-tenant in property records. Government documents also list a 59-year-old woman, Huong Lam, as a resident at the home which is owned by Phu Lam and Thuy-Tien “Tien” Truong. - (Canada)

Friends devastated after White man killed by braided black in 'garage rage' incident while leaving downtown garageKANSAS CITY, MO - Police are searching for the gunman responsible for fatally shooting a man inside an underground parking garage in downtown Kansas City. An off-duty officer responded to a disturbance call at 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Nicholas R. Preuitt, who would have turned 28 on Friday, would die from his injuries. Witnesses say the victim was talking to some girls in another car, delaying motorists trying to leave the garage. A witness said that the suspect walked up to the victim and shot him in the chest, and wasn't part of the initial argument. The suspect was last seen leaving in a small- to medium-size dark-colored SUV. The suspect was described as a black man with long braids. Police have interviewed two men who were with Preuitt when he was shot. Police also interviewed potential witnesses inside the Big Sky bar. - (Black-on-white)

Three cowardly criminal black teens arrested in assault of elderly (White) Charlotte womanCharlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested and charged three teenagers in Sunday’s robbery and assault of a 72-year-old woman in her west Charlotte home. The woman suffered minor injuries when intruders entered her home in the 4200 block of Westcliff Drive at about 1:15 p.m., police said. The assailants struck the woman while demanding money, and then drove off in the woman’s 2005 Nissan Altima, police said. Police on Monday afternoon detained a 14-year-old male juvenile in the case. On Monday night, police arrested Sylessa Desiree Ford, 17, and Myron Neam Bullock, 18, and charged them with attempted murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, kidnapping, and breaking and entering. Ford was jailed on a $115,000 bail and Bullock on an $85,000 bail. The 14-year-old was charged with the same offenses and was transferred to a juvenile detention facility. - (Black-on-white)

Teens charged for hurting 72-year-old woman that had hired them to help with work around her house. in home invasion
The 72-year old victim, who family members tell us is named Norma Messer, is back home from the hospital after treatment. Messer's injuries included a cut to her forehead and one to the back of her head, which her husband Jim says required several staples. Two men and a woman came through the open back door while his wife was home alone, tied her to a chair, put a bag over her head and hit her several times. Police say they demanded money before fleeing in her vehicle. Police say it wasn't too difficult to find the suspect. The woman hired the teens to help with work around her house.

White man beaten in broad daylight by black animal in racial attack in his Bronx neighborhoodBEDFORD PARK -- William King has lived in his Bronx neighborhood for 40 years, and since 1974 he has felt safe - that is until Saturday afternoon when he was brutally beaten in broad daylight. The vicious encounter was caught on home surveillance camera. "I got a cut above over my eyelid, and the side of my face is numb - I can't open my mouth that well and I had a lump the size of a baseball on the side of my head," says King. The incident happened near the corner of Briggs Avenue and East 197th Street in Bedford Park - not in the wee hours of the morning, but at 2 in the afternoon on a beautiful, bright and busy day. One man pounded the 67-year-old, while another acted as a lookout - both were left empty-handed. "I believe it was a racial attack - they weren't trying to rob me, I had money on me and my wallet and all. They weren't trying to rob me," adds King. King works as a facility maintenance clerk for a law firm, and teaches Sunday School at Our Lady of Refuge. His neighbors say the video is so hard to watch. "I'm a believer in God, that he watches over me, but sometimes you have to watch out for the fools, and there are some fools in this neighborhood," says Diana Monroe. "That's really sad - that's desperation in my opinion," says Elizabeth Sing. King says that he believes the suspects are animals. "They're not human - they're not human at all," he says. - (Black-on-white)

Cop killer’s ex-girlfriend released from hospitalThe Air Force reservist shot in the gut by her ex-boyfriend hours before he assassinated two NYPD cops has been released from a Baltimore hospital. Shaneka Thompson, 29, of Owings Mills, Md., was released Sunday after spending a little more than a week recovering from a gunshot wound to the stomach at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where she was brought in critical condition Dec. 20. “She’s feeling fine,” her grandfather James Delly said. “We’re happy. I’m very happy. “ Delly added that Thompson isn’t fully healed yet, but “she’s progressing.” Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, started off his rampage with a violent early-morning visit to Thompson’s Baltimore-area apartment, where he pumped a bullet into Thompson and threatened to kill her if she called the cops. Brinsley then took a bus to New York City and executed NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu.

(White female) St. Paul Stabbing Victim had Obtained Order for Protection from Black 'former boyfriend'St. Paul police have arrested a suspect after a fatal stabbing on Sunday night. Police were called to the 300 block of North Dale Street about 8:30 p.m. Sunday on a report of a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been stabbed multiple times. She was sent to Regions Hospital and died Monday from her injuries. Kevin Scott Evans, 49, was arrested Monday afternoon. He is the former boyfriend of the victim. The victim is 38-year-old Miranda Schunk, and police are still investigating what happened in the moments leading up to the stabbing. - (Black-on-white)

New York man charged with attempted murder of sister in Toms RiverA New York man accused of stabbing his sister was arrested after a struggle with police officers on Sunday, authorities said. Police responded to the 3400 block of Adams Avenue and found a 34-year-old woman with several stab wounds to the upper torso and started giving her first aid, police said in a release. Backup officers found attacker, Giovanny Alba, 23, of Brooklyn, outside the home near the officers who were tending to the victim and attempted to take him into custody, police said. A struggle ensued between Alba and Officer Frank Lauria, who suffered minor cuts and scrapes, authorities said.

Royal Caribbean Crew Member Sexually Assaults Passenger on Quantum of the SeasFederal prosecutors in New Jersey say a cruise ship worker responsible for restocking guest room minibars groped a sleeping passenger. Karan Seechurn was detained early Saturday upon the ship’s arrival in Bayonne. He is due to appear in court Monday afternoon. Prosecutors say the attack occurred Dec. 23, when Seechurn used his room key to enter the woman’s cabin without her knowledge or permission. They say she awoke to find Seechurn touching her genitalia and she pushed him off. Authorities say Seechurn threatened to burn down the ship if she reported what happened. Prosecutors say the 25-year-old Seechurn is from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean.

'Gay' Miami Doc Faces Homo Sex Abuse ChargesMIAMI – A Coral Gables doctor faces sex abuse charges in North Carolina. Dr. Robert Kemp Crockett, 62, was on vacation in Brunswick County in July when he sexually assaulted a 15-year old boy, according to his arrest warrant. Crockett is facing multiple charges including indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape.

White female victim recounts violent home invasion in Lake Worth by dredlocked black manLake Worth resident Telise Maquaire says she was asleep early Sunday morning when a strange noise woke her up, but when she emerged from her bedroom she never expected to see a stranger standing in front of her Christmas tree. According to Maquaire, she watched from behind the branches as large man with dreadlocks lunged at her husband, knocking him out. She screamed and that's when she says the attacker came after her. "I was just screaming and he left my husband and came here and got me right here onto the floor," said Maquaire. "All I could see was the color of his hand as he's beating me." She said the incident happened around 2 a.m. at her home and her 13-year-old daughter was also home at the time. She and her husband suffered multiple injuries. The suspect is an unknown black male, 5’10” to 6’0” tall, 25 – 33 years of age, stocky build with shoulder length dreadlocks. - (Black-on-white)

Hearing set for former Fort Bragg soldier convicted of rapes and murders; Ronald A. Gray is on military death row A federal court in Kansas has set a February hearing for Ronald A. Gray, a former Fort Bragg soldier currently sitting on the military's death row for a series of rapes and murders that began nearly 30 years ago. Gray, 48, is appealing a military court's decision to not grant him extraordinary relief in his attempts to have his death sentence lifted. The military jury convicted Gray in the deaths of Pvt. Laura Lee Vickery Clay and Kimberly Ann Ruggles. A civilian court convicted Gray in the deaths of Linda Jean Coats and Tammy Wilson. He was sentenced to death in the military court and to eight life sentences in civilian court, three of which were to be served consecutively. - (Black-on-white)

Winter Garden man worries he'll be dead before Army executes daughter's killer - July 4, 2014Edward Bowman fears he won't live to see his daughter's killer executed. The Winter Garden man, 71, has waited 26 years for the U.S. military to carry out a 1988 death sentence handed to Ronald Gray, the soldier who raped and murdered Kimberly Ann Bowman Ruggles, one of four killings the court-martialed Army specialist either admitted to or was convicted of committing.

Maryland's first female Episcopal bishop exposed as hit-and-run driver 'who killed young father' two days after Christmas Heather E. Cook, who was ordained in September as Bishop Suffragan, was responsible for the death of a bicyclist in Baltimore after she crashed into him and fled the scene. Police are investigating the accident. Bishop Heather E. Cook was involved in a traffic accident Saturday afternoon, Dec. 27, that resulted in the death of bicyclist Thomas Palermo, 41. Palermo was still alive when police arrived at the scene. He was then transferred to Sinai Hospital where he died of his injuries. He was known as a bicycle builder, a father and a friend to many. Maryland records show Cook was arrested in 2010 after reportedly blowing 3X the legal driving limit when police found a bottle of whiskey in her car Cook received 'probation before judgment' for a DUI charge but no charges were filed despite police having found a marijuana pipe in the car

Black man Cheley Sentenced to Life Plus 35 Years for Rape and Murder of White womanShan Cheley guilty on 5 of 7 counts including murder. Not guilty on rape charge. The jury deliberate over seven hours, and has convicted Cheley in the murder of 18-year-old Amber Deloach in Savannah last year. "The Office of Eastern Judicial Circuit/Chatham County District Attorney announces that on December 20, 2013, a Jury found Shan Demetrius Cheley (age 37) guilty of: malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, arson in the 1st degree and possession of cocaine. Although formal sentencing is scheduled for a later date in front of Chatham County Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley; Cheley is charged as a recidivist and mandatory sentencing requirements dictate that the sentence for these crimes be life in prison without parole."

Recent parolee charged in shooting of off-duty St. Louis police officerST. LOUIS • A recent parolee has been charged in the shooting last weekend of an off-duty St. Louis police officer in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood. Authorities said the officer was critically injured Dec. 19 in a gunfight with people in a car driven by the parolee, Dominic Lamont Irons, 29, of the 2800 block of Delmar Boulevard. A court document says one of the others in the car was killed in the shootout. At least one other person was still being sought by police. Irons was charged Saturday with assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon. The circuit attorney's office said he also was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of the accomplice. According to a court document, Irons and the others in the car followed the officer's truck for the purpose of shooting him. Irons drove alongside and someone in the car shot at the officer. Authorities said the officer returned fire and Terrell Beasley, 28, of the 4000 block of Cleveland Avenue, was killed during the shootout. The officer was hospitalized for a week with a leg injury and nerve damage, according to a court document. Police haven't released his name but have said he's 28 years old and has been with the department about four years.

Black man, Aries Woodfin, 33, arrested after Facebook threats to police and innocent white kidsFORD HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A suburban man was arrested for online threats to Chicago police officers after law enforcement officials said they found a homemade gun range in his basement. Aries Woodfin, 33, appeared in court Saturday. He has not been charged with making threats to police, but that is what led investigators to him. In court prosecutors painted a picture of an angry man who used Facebook to threaten the lives of police officers. A judge agreed, calling Woodfin a dangerous man. Charged with weapons possession, assault, having a firearm without a valid permit and disorderly conduct, Woodfin was denied bond and will for now remain in Cook County Jail. Prosecutors say they became aware of the threats after on December 8 when Woodfin posted a Facebook message in which he said he was, "going to kill cops and innocent white kids." - (Black-on-white)

Black arrested for July murder of White man in East HartfordEAST HARTFORD–Police have made an arrest in a July murder. Larry Williams (aka Lawrence Williams), 18, of Hartford, was arrested on Barbour Street in Hartford on Monday in connection to the shooting death of Michael Mikulske on July 2. Willimas was charged with murder, attempted first-degree assault, use of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree threatening. Police announced on July 11 that they were searching for Williams. - (Black-on-white)

(White) Good Samaritan Who Stopped (black with African name) Assault Breaks SilenceSOUTHLAKE - Aaron Kreag, a civilian, drew his gun in the middle of Southlake Boulevard. He says he couldn’t just drive by when he saw a woman being beaten. My first gut reaction was oh my god this guy’s going to kill this lady” says Kreag. Kreag was carrying his gun, a .45 caliber handgun, and says he was prepared to use it. “I went around the backside of the car, true my handgun and traffic came to a stop.” “This large gentleman just pounding on this lady, closed fist you know multiple times and heavy heavy elbows to the face and neck” says Kreag. Kreag has a license to carry a concealed handgun and he served in the U.S. Army for eight years. He worked as a private security contractor in Iraq and he’s a firearms instructor. “I was yelling commands at him to stop assaulting her, stop assaulting her.” A few minutes later they arrested the man in the red car: 28-year-old Macmichael Nwaiwu.

Woman arrested, charged with murder of man found in burning truckSHELBY COUNTY, TN - A woman has been arrested and charged with the murder of a man found in a burning pick-up truck. Shelby County deputies arrested 34-year-old Aleasha Cox after she confessed to her involvement in the robbery of 50-year-old Cleate Davis, which led to his death. Davis was found in his F-150 pick-up truck near Millington. After the fire was put out, his badly burned body was found inside the truck. According to an affidavit, Davis had two gunshot wounds to his face. The family said their only question is why. "Just to leave someone burning in a truck," said Rochelle Weber, Davis's daughter. "They will have to answer for this one day, and they will have to explain why they did this." Cox is charged with first-degree murder in perpetration of a robbery. She is due in court on Monday, Dec. 29. Cox's boyfriend, Morrieo Allen, 35, is also believed to have played a role in this murder and he is still on the run. The affidavit says that a witness helped to pin-point both suspects. The witness says that he was seen walking away from the burning car. - (Black-on-white)

Update: (Black) man kills girlfriend, attempts suicidePolice in Georgia are investigating a murder-attempted suicide in Blackshear that happened in the parking lot of a Huddle House restaurant on U.S. 84. Investigators said around 11:30 p.m. Monday, 62-year-old Robert Lee Taylor shot and killed his 26-year-old girlfriend, Belinda Jo Bell, while she was on a break from her job at the restaurant. Bell was a mother of two young children, a 3-year-old and a 9-year-old and had only been working at the Huddle House for four days. She was working a double shift before she was shot. Investigators said Taylor pulled into the parking lot while Bell was on a break, and as she approached his car, things quickly turned violent. After the shooting, Taylor drove home and tried to kill himself by stabbing himself multiple times in the front yard of his property. "I just believe that he decided if he couldn’t have the girl, nobody could have her.” Taylor and Bell had been dating for three years and had a child together. They believe Taylor was upset over the couple's recent breakup. - (Black-on-white)

Woman shot dead at her workplace - Murder suspect hospitalized after Monday night incident
investigators found shooting suspect Robert Lee Taylor, 62, injured outside his home “We knew the two to be acquainted.”

Belinda Jo Bell obituary
she is survived by her 2 daughters, Madison Sierra Courson of Hoboken and Madelyn Grace Bell of Columbus, GA

The Truth of Interracial Rape in the United States In the United States in 2005, 37,460 white females were sexually assaulted or raped by a black man, while between zero and ten black females were sexually assaulted or raped by a white man. What this means is that every day in the United States, over one hundred white women are raped or sexually assaulted by a black man.